2016 Kazakhstan First Division

The 2016 Kazakhstan First Division was the 22nd edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan First Division

Season	2016
Champions	Kaisar
Promoted	Kaisar, Altai Semey
← 2015 2017 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Ekibastuz

Kaisar

Baikonur

Kyzylzhar

Altay

Bayterek

Shakhter Bolat

Caspiy

Kyran

Makhtaaral

Locations of teams in the 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League

Club	Kit sponsor
Altay	Adidas
Baikonur	Umbro
Bayterek	Legea
Bolat	Adidas
Caspiy	Saller
Ekibastuz	Joma
Kaisar	Nike
Kyran	Jako
Kyzylzhar	Nike
Makhtaaral	Adidas

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaisar	18	12	6	0	32	5	+27	42	Qualification for the championship round
2	Altai Semey	18	12	5	1	32	7	+25	41
3	Kyzylzhar	18	10	6	2	34	14	+20	36
4	Maktaaral	18	8	6	4	21	16	+5	30
5	Ekibastuz	18	8	5	5	13	11	+2	29
6	Caspiy	18	8	4	6	28	16	+12	28
7	Kyran	18	8	1	9	24	20	+4	25	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Bolat	18	3	2	13	15	31	−16	11
9	Baikonur	18	2	1	15	11	46	−35	7
10	Bayterek	18	1	0	17	9	53	−44	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Matches won; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.

Regular season results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAI	BAY	BOL	CAS	EKB	KSR	KYR	KYZ	MAK
Altai Semey
Baikonur
Bayterek
Bolat
Caspiy
Ekibastuz
Kaisar
Kyran
Kyzylzhar
Maktaaral

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaisar (C, P)	28	20	7	1	49	9	+40	67	Promotion to the Kazakhstan Premier League
2	Altai Semey (Q, P)	28	17	7	4	49	17	+32	58	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Kyzylzhar	28	14	9	5	45	25	+20	51
4	Caspiy	28	12	7	9	38	29	+9	43
5	Maktaaral	28	11	8	9	31	31	0	41
6	Ekibastuz	28	8	6	14	17	27	−10	30

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams are tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Matches won; 10) Goals scored; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship round results

Home \ Away	ALT	CAS	EKB	KSR	KYZ	MAK
Altai Semey		5–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3
Caspiy	1–1		1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0
Ekibastuz	0–2	1–2		0–1	0–1	0–0
Kaisar	1–0	4–2	2–0		2–0	1–0
Kyzylzhar	2–2	0–1	4–2	1–1		1–0
Maktaaral	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–3	3–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Kyran	24	11	1	12	31	26	+5	34
8	Bolat	24	5	4	15	23	37	−14	19
9	Baikonur	24	4	2	18	17	54	−37	14
10	Bayterek	24	4	1	19	17	62	−45	13

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Matches won; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	BAI	BAY	BOL	KYR
Baikonur		3–4	0–0	0–2
Bayterek	1–0		0–3	0–2
Bolat	1–2	1–1		2–1
Kyran	0–1	0–2	2–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Taraz v Altai Semey

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05)	Taraz	0–3	Altai Semey	Astana
14:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Shakin 4' Shaff 45' (pen.) Nurgaliyev 51'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Altai Semey were promoted to the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League; Taraz were relegated to the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division.

External links

• Professional Football League of Kazakhstan official website (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)